How To Use The Focusrite Control Software
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2024
- An in depth video on how to use the Focusrite Control Software on your Focusrite Audio Interface. We first go into an overview of the software and then some practical use cases of how you create different custom mixing setups like use a manual Focusrite control loopback.
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0:00 Intro
0:20 What is the Focusrite Control Software?
1:25 What to do first: Device Settings
3:07 The Output Routing
4:05 The Main Output
8:35 Monitoring A Mix: No Latency vs. Latency
14:37 DJ Cue Headphone Mix Setup Example
20:40 Multiple Track Recording Headphone Output Mix Setup Example
24:44 Hardware Loopback Example To Record System Audio
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I've NEVER seen a more IMPRESSIVE and EXTENSIVE tutorial...!! As a former CBT specialist, the training video for this equipment is exemplary...!! I'm new to the Scarlett Series, and this TUTORIAL is a MUST SEE..!! Yours is MORE indepth and professionally explained, than ANYTHING this company has published, to date. You, Sir.....should be the "VOICE" of their entire product line. This has been a lifesaver for me. Stellar video...!! Excellent job...!! Thank you.
Thanks! I still get a lot of questions each week that people are confused about stuff but it really boils down to not understanding how audio routing and signal flow works in their DAW as it goes in and out of the interface. I'm in the process of creating an additional video on understanding audio routing and signal flow which will also tie into this video.
This is the best audio interface tutorial I've seen. I totally understand how this whole thing works now. I'm an old school analog mixer guy and struggled to wrap my head around a mixer less audio interface. Nice job!!!
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Haha, I had exactly the same thought! Been using audio interfaces for years, but just bought the 1820 new and could not figure out how I couldn't hear the hardware interfaces! Very, very clear and easy tutorial, thanks!
agree - I've been scratching my head fasho. Mark where are you from? I hear a lil Pittsburgher???
I spent about an hour fighting with my computer, backing tracks, and a headphone amplifier to mix things well enough for my band to record live, and be able to hear ourselves. Now I feel dumb! Excellent video. This answered all of my questions I couldn't find answers to on forums or the Focusrite website!
One of the better tutorials out there on this, at least for this configuration. Helping some friends with non-DAW related issues and they are really struggling with FCS.
Thank you Mark. This is still relevant in 2022. I've a 18i20 2gen. This has expanded my knowledge of the mixer and the things I can do. Bravo!
Hey man, just wanted to say this is a great video! I just bought a Scarlett 18i20 and Octopre. I was confused about how the Control software worked but this really cleared up a lot of things for me! Thanks!
Outstanding. This is THE most comprehensive information on an interface on the planet! Thank goodness someone can explain this in one video without all the techno babbling. He is clear, concise and informative. Outstanding!
Thank you for making this video! I was really wanting to do a loopback. I'm doing something a little different that you did, but the explanation on using the SPDIF out and in helped a lot! I'm all set and ready to go!
I had my Focusrite for close to two years and never bothered with going deep into the routing. Now I understand what I can use the SPDIF for. Thank you for this video well done.
I've had my 18i8 Gen 2 for a couple of years and had no idea Focusrite Control went this deep, having mostly gone with AISO4ALL with my previous interfaces. I actually found this tutorial after having issues trying to hook up an Axe-Fx.
I just got learned!
Thank you soo much!
Thank you a thousand times. I read the entire Focusrite 18i8 and Focusrite Control manuals and still didn't totally get it, but your explanation is crystal clear.
Have you figured out how to control the volume output of the back channels (5-8)? I'm struggling with that.
This is perhaps the best tutorial on any piece of audio gear I've ever seen. Thank you so much.
Really good tutorial. The best walkthrough I have found on this software. I'm researching the Gen 3 versions and this answered a lot of my questions about what exactly can be done in the interface. Thanks!
Great video ! Have had a scarlett 6i6 for years and as I'm receiving my 18i20 soon for new needs, this little tutorial freshened up my knowledge ! Thanks !
There is literally no tutorial that better explains all of this in a very easy simple to understand manner. You did such a fantastic job on this video and I would like to thank you very much for taking the time to do so! I will now carry this knowledge forward as I create music and I will only know it because you taught it to me! 🙏
Mark, you saved me. Thank you so much for this video. A total day saver, music saver, and let's be honest here, you saved my wife's Christmas. LOL! All the best.
What I appreciate the most when it comes to tutorials of that kind is a rather slow narration tempo, which gives the viewer the time to absorb what he just heard. 👍👍👍
Excellent Tutorial. I have been using Mix Control with my Gen1 18i20 for a long time and know it well, however I was shocked when I bought a Gen3 and wondered where all the faders had gone in Focusrite Control! This made it much easier to transition to the new software, thank you!
What a clunky convaluted way to sort out routing. Thank you for making the tutorial. It is now saved in my toolbar 😂
Awesome video Mark. I was trying to figure out how to record a guitar tutorial from TH-cam, and found no help whatsoever from Focusrite's help. But you showed me exactly how to do it and you even provided helpful cautions regarding feedback. Much appreciated.
I can't tell you how many times I watched this to finally understand the software. Your a lifesaver!! Thank You.
You're welcome!
Seriously, you need to get some royalties from Focusrite! This is hands down the best tutorial I have ever seen on using this innocuous utility. My entire comfort level with the Clarrett just increased a thousand-fold because I understand what it is doing... FINALLY! THANK YOU!
Excellent. Just bought the 6i6 and your video got me up and running very quickly. Thanks!
Top work! You took the mystery of this software away and now the software makes sense. I could not even find this level of detail on Focusrite's website!
Thanks!
I just bought the 18i20 gen3 and had a little trouble understanding the software. Although it is significantly different from what I was using previously, it is actually better in my opinion and your efforts here are very much appreciated, as it helped me get back to work.
I have the 18i8 gen 3. I watched some other videos but was still confused. This one makes a lot of sense. Mark, you did a fantastic job. Thank you!
ive had my scalett for years and never understood using focusrite control. Now i have been trying to add in a 16 channel 4 bus mixer and do hybrid mixing .. i really was stuck!! this is very helpful, and im gonna try the loop back trick.
I've been looking for this forever, thank you.
Mark - Thank you! I just bought the 18i20 last week and am still finding my way around the unit and the control software. I really appreciate your walkthru of the device's routing capabilities and especially the S/PDIF tutorial. Very helpful!
You're welcome!
The main audio/video guy of our company left and now I'm "the new guy" to record our monthly podcasts. I did some testing beforehand and I was strugling to get the audio to a descent level in the speakers headphones unless I amplified it so hard (in hardware) to a point that there was a lot of noise (but not in the recording)... This tutorial (using the same device) is so clear! I now think I know the problem (listening to the raw microphone inputs instead of the amplified and denoised sound from audition)... Hope I can figure it out before my first recording tomorrow. Thanks Mark, very good tutorial.
I think I'm having this problem but I haven't sorted it yet. Any tips would be gratefully received! Gary
@@bungalowbluesman It has been a while, and somebody else with more time took over. Too many effects will make the processed audio lag behind you actually talking which is really mindf*cking. I assume it won't be that bad if you only do an amplify effect and listen to the output of that. BUT, as far as I remember I eventually just played with the headphone gains + microphone gains on the focusrite untill I was able to listen to the raw signal (no lag) with enough volume to understand and no/little noise... It's the "best" way I think. Sorry that I cannot help you more
Thanks for the tutorial - I'm new to mixing and the 18i8 and found the vid very instructive - can't wait to try these things out.
Excellent tutorial, Mark! Thank you so much for posting!
This saved my life. I had so many issues trying to get my inputs on the back of my 6i6 2nd gen from playing a turntable. I tested this out last night and finally got it figured out!
Glad to hear this is still helpful!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks this answered a question I had about routing - I'd be using this largely for mixing at home but also wanted to use the ADAT to add 8 inputs from my old Profire 2626 and record drums - The big issue with this interface was the lack of outputs! However the main use in a studio environment would be seperate cue headphone mixes via my DAW's mixer. Focusrite really made their software well this time - mixcontrol was confusing as hell but this looks extremely simple. Lots of interfaces have very limited options when routing to headphone outputs so glad to see they made such open virtual routing options. The ability to send a mix of output buses on a per-output basis is a really nice touch.
Thanks for confirming this as it saves me a lot of money on buying an 18i20.
you are amazing, you helped me figure out the SPDIF loopbacking for my 18i8 2nd gen. youre awesome
DUDE BEST TUTORIAL IVE EVER SEEN you covered everything i needed i even was like if he covers latency id be blown away and you did wow
That just changed my set-up awesomely. Just got my Focusrite at Xmas and have had some quarantine time to get shit done. Thanks Mark.
This was the MOST helpful tutorial and explanation about Focusrite Control. Thank you so much for your time and explanation. I'm here in 2022, feeling super grateful. Subscribed!
Great tutorial! This solved all the problems I had when recording with my interface. Thank you very much!
You're welcome!
Mark thank you sooo much! Just purchased an18i20. Would not have had any idea how to set up if it hadn't have been for your tutorial. God bless, Pete.
Excellent tutorial! This should be on the Focusrite Site! Many thanks Mark!
You're welcome and thanks!
@@LearningwithMarkWarren can you do an in depth tutorial about headphone issues? I cant find anything anywhere. I had set all of my settings to default and fixed everything except my headphones. Thanks in advance!
Totally agree
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No. Only on the Gen 3 4i4 and up. Gen 2 on the 6i6 and up.
Best video I have seen on this subject! I finally understand!! Thank you!
You're welcome!
your tutorial says it all. I listened to the so-called best explanation of how Focusrite Control works, and I walked away with absolutely no ideas. Your You Tube explained this perfectly.. very much appreciated.
You're quiet welcome. It's hard to believe that 6 years later this video is still helpful to many. I almost took it down at one point, but I guess I'll be keeping it up a little bit longer.
Awesome! Thanks for untangling this software. The hardware loopback how-to was just a nice extra too : )
This is fantastic! Very clear and very informative. Great stuff 👍🏼
Fantastic - First time I have a real understanding of this software - As said by others this should be on the Focusrite site!
Thanks!!
OMG thank you. Couldn't figure out how to have multiple custom mixes. AND IT WAS THAT SIMPLE! This solves a lot of problems I had.
Truly appreciate this tutorial; your level of detail is incredibly helpful. Thanks!
My God, extremely tought me so many thing and not only about focusrite control.. u got a lotta love in there man... thank u for this video...
Thanks and You're welcome!
Thank you for posting this! I just purchased the 18i8 and I'm trying to set up for my podcasts. Any suggestions for a 4 mic setup?
This was good just bought a clarett 2pre upgrade from 1st gen scarlett. This just jived with me very clear, no confusion. I needed to watch this.
Glad to hear this was helpful!
I feel very lucky to have found this tutorial. Thank you, Mark!
You're welcome!
Very well done!
I just wanted to mute my mic from the speakers to avoid feedback, but still hear it in the headphones. Also learned how to monitor the guitar without latency.
Great job, thanks, subscribed.
Excellent explanation. Did not know how to set my Clarett until I saw this video. Thanks!
I can't tell you how much your video saved me. Cheers, my friend.
Great job. I always found that piece of software confusing without being proactive enough to RTFM. You nailed it though. Thanks!
Incredible helpful! My focusrite is finally set up correctly, thanks to you!
Thanks Mark... I've just purchased the 18i20 and I really appreciate your instruction video.. Thanks!!!
AWESOME video. Very thorough and easy to grasp. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your time and effort. I have been on the 1st Gen 2i2 for many years, now, but alas need a bit connectivity. I see the 2i4 has been replaced with 4i4 in the third gen, and didn't dedicated switch we have come accustomed to. I see everything has to be done in the software, switching from mono to stereo, etc. I do agree, the older software UX was very confusing, which prevented me from upgrading.
great great great teaching. Even better and much less annoying than the official focusrite website. Thanks for your clarity and delivery my friend, all the best.
this was so, so helpful thank you! so much better than the Focusrite manual.
Best Focusrite Control video I have seen. Focusrite could learn a few things from you. Best wishes from the UK.
hi,hey im only getting sound though my headphones,not my reciever,im using 18i20 into windows,help.
Thanks Mark, really helpful tutorial just what I needed!
Thank you so much, Mark!!!! This tutorial is so easy and well put-together. I am pretty technophobic nd without this tutorial I woud have been LOST! So much gratitude for you!!!
Very good… much clearer than the Focusrite manuals! Thanks.
Excellent video dude thanks for that, there's a lot of talk about the s/w since 3rd gen focusrite devices removed some hardware switches in favour of using the focusrite control app so good to see a proper review of how to use it. You've helped me make up my mind on which interface i want also. thank you!
You're welcome! I have a review with the new 4i4 that I'll have up soon. I have a love/hate relationship with it for those very reasons of the hardware exclusion vs the 2i4 Gen 2. Overall I do like the new unit but since I'm used to the Focusrite control software from having the 18i8 Gen 2, the lack of the physical hardware buttons isn't that big of a deal for me. I think the 4i4 will replace my 18i8 since I'm not using all the I/O right now in my personal studio.
Learning with Mark Warren thanks that’s really good to know. The software has to improve anyway right so only up from here!
Very good tutorial. There's a lot of meat there for a beginner like me. I'm certainly going to be coming back to this video as a point of reference.
Hi Mark, thanks for this video. It's been really helpfull for me, big thumbs-up.
You're welcome and thanks!
Thanks for tutorial. Helped me a lot with new 18i8 gen3
this just helped me figure something out that I was struggling with for hours... thank you so much!
Outstanding tutorial...! Thank you sir.
Glad i bumped into this. Great info and easy to follow. Blessings to you.
Thank you - that made it much clearer! Great job!
Amazing Thank you so much. Using a magnifying glass to see what your settings are. Wanting to do recording with a keyboard and vocals and be able to hear both in the headset laying in vocals over the keyboard. Just trying to figure out how to hear vocals balanced in the headset has been a days work.
Hi Mark, it is very helpful and crystal clear. Thanks for it.
Yay, Thanks for this ;-) Just upgraded from a 6i6 1st gen to an 18i20 2nd gen. When the Focusrite Control came up I was like, 'what the F is this?!'. Nice to find a great video tutorial explaning everything.
You're welcome and glad this helped!
That was a AWESOME video very educational...THANK YOU!!!
Great job Mark! I hope you'll do another Focusrite Control Software tutorial with the new generation interface, which has some different features from the one in this video. You're brilliant.
I have the 3rd generation 8i6 which is a bit different. You did very well explaining the Focusrite. Thanks
hello, why if i put mute on software daw playback (my pc audio), i still hear TH-cam and Windows audio?
Awesome bro! and very well explained! It really helped me a lot. Thank you so much!
Thanks and you're welcome!
Thank you for this! Quite helpful, and really quite detailed!
Hey Mark: Great tutorials on Focusrite - just got the Scarlett 18i20 gen 3 and love it. I'm using it for drum mix but why am I not able to hear a lot of playback from my monitors? Am I missing something?
Extremely helpful. Thank you!
Hi Mark, thank you for such a detailed tutorial really good. I need to connect 3 keyboards stereo inputs to my 18i8 3rd gen. Can you help with that please? Thanks
Beautiful explanations! Thanks so much!
Best Focusrite video ever, the loopback trick solved too many problems that I faced trying to steam with OBS, basically OBS doesn't support asió so there's no way to catch the Ableton output
Excellent Tutorial! Thank you Mark!
Does this software have to startup with the OS each time and be running in the background for these changes to take effect or does it save these onto memory on the interface?
Very helpful and thorough explanation!
Hey how do you mix both voice and gameplaying to record using audacity?? i own the 6i6 and for whatever reason I cant but when I plug in my tascam ministudio creator when I open audacity both my voice and gameplay is recorded on 1 file
Excellent tutorial!! I totally understand the mixer section now.
This was so helpful! Thank you so much🙏🏽
The last trick was great. I had been using audio from youtube my iphone to a bluetooth receiver into the Scarlett to record in the DAW. Now I see the way to loopback, which is better.
Hi. I seem to have lost my headphone 1 output. I have reinstalled the software but nothing works???? Any ideas??
Very helpful tutorial. Good work man, appreciated!
Exactly what I was looking for. 👍🏼👍🏼
Great tutorial thank you. I can't get the SPDIF LOOPBACK working though... :(